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i am new to xamarin.

I have started with Xamarin and done all the installation process. Everything is went well till now. But later for some information I was searching in net. Then I came to know that to build on multiple OS like android and ios I have to write in xaml files. But in demoes normal axml files they have used. The link using axml is https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/hello,android/hello,android_quickstart/

let me know in which I have to develop. Weather I have to use axml or xaml files?

Thanks in advance.

Bhavya Chowdary
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  • If you want a cross platform solution go through this link https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/building_cross_platform_applications/part_3_-_setting_up_a_xamarin_cross_platform_solution/ – Nitesh Dec 07 '16 at 07:50

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So in Xamarin you have two ways to develop apps:

1-Platform specific, where you will have one code base for your business logic (like calling services, your app logice ..etc). and for every platform you will need to write a specific UI code (pages, axml is android, storybaords on ios, xaml on windows)

2-Xamarin forms, where you will have everything in one place, the business logic the UIs (Using only Xaml for ios/Android/Windows).

Now it sounds like Xamarin forms is a good solution (which is true) but if you need to access some platform specific feature or you want to add fine details to the UIs you might want to use the platform specific route

Checkout this discussion: When to use Xamarin.Forms vs Xamarin Native?

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